News makers:
25 Sep 2000
Unlike the earlier high-profile mega-deals, though,
SwitchOn isnt in the dotcom or B2C space, and PMC Sierra is said to have paid this
amount for the company is because of the proprietary technology that the company has
developed in the networking arena.
SwitchedOn, described as a packet content processor company, has developed a breakthrough
technology for a packet analysis engine.